Growing Berries - How To Grow and Preserve Berries

Introduction To Growing BerriesGrowing delicious Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and a selection of currant bushes including blackcurrants, white currants and redcurrants, to add life a flavour to your garden and food larder is what this introduction to berry growing is all about. By using fully organic methods that do not involve the use of chemicals or pesticides, you can easily grow your own fruit berries as a valuable addition to your vegetable patch or raised bed garden.
No longer will you have to subject yourself or your family, to the dubious provenance of berries bought from large impersonal food halls; instead you can serve up your own fresh-grown fruit in the form of delicious jams, chutneys, pies or smoothies and much more - knowing how they were made and the ingredients included. What You Will Discover In This Book:1. How to grow your own Berry bushes, including which varieties to choose from.2.
How to care for your plants in order to get the best results, including pruning and feeding.3. Making a good organic compost that will assure you of the best crop of Berries possible.4. How to control insect and disease using organic insecticides and Companion Planting methods.5. Simple steps to protect your Berries from birds and flying insects.6. Harvesting and preserving your fruits for later consumption.7.
Some tasty recipes for Jams, Jellies and ChutneysGrowing your own fruit and vegetables is no longer the sole domain of the 'Green Fingered!' With the help of this book you can easily begin to master one of the fundamentals of self-sufficiency - growing your own food.